Tag: telepsychiatry
Letter to the Editor: Beware of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in COVID-19 Pandemic
Dear Editor: I read with great interest the recent article by Buttar et al1 detailing fatal consequences of the chronic neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) from the United States. The authors prescribed the challenges of treating psychiatric patients with the possibility of NMS. They also indicated that ethnic groups concerning metabolic enzyme polymorphisms for antipsychotics, such […]
Top 10 Myths about Telepsychiatry
This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information to our readers on managing legal risks associated with medical practice. We invite questions from our readers. The answers are provided by PRMS, Inc. (www.prms.com), a manager of medical professional liability insurance programs with services that include risk management consultation, education and onsite risk management audits, and […]
Telepsychiatry and Risk Management
by Charles D. Cash, JD, LLM Mr. Cash is Senior Risk Manager for Professional Risk Management Services, Inc., Arlington, Virginia. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2011;8(9):26–30
